Mr. Kelly goes to Washington

posted at 11:20 am on June 24, 2011 by Jazz Shaw

When we sent the new class of freshman off to Washington after the 2010 cycle, we knew – or at least hoped – there were going to be some “Mr. Smith goes to Washington” moments where real people stepped up to challenge the beltway status quo. While it’s hardly the first, one of the better ones took place this week when Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA) reminded us all that the budget talks are still underway he’s not really enjoying the process.

I’m trying to understand the criticism of Mr. Ryan’s budget from the side that didn’t even have the courage to pass a budget. To sit there now and rail about Mr. Ryan’s budget, about how it’s so ineffective and how it doesn’t work is, to me, the greatest, most hypocritical statement I’ve heard since coming here. And I’ve got to tell you something… I’m not speaking as a Republican here, I’m speaking as an American. You want to know why the public opinion of Congress is so low? It’s because we don’t listen.

If you want to start the reelection campaign and the strategy for 2012 now, that’s fine. But how about we just fix what’s broken? Instead of standing here pointing fingers at each other, let’s quit spending money we don’t have, let’s not keep borrowing money and using our kids and our grandkids as note signers.

Let’s stop railing against the really wealthy, because I’ve got to tell you something. As a guy who has had to pay his own way his whole life I am greatly offended by the idea that somehow somebody in Washington knows how to spend my money better than I do. That somebody in Washington knows how to regulate me to the point where I can’t even borrow money any more. You want to talk about people who are afraid? The small banks. They’re scared to death to do anything. Why? Because their government has such onerous regulations on them anymore that they don’t know about the rules and the regulations that have been put through or haven’t even been written.

So when you want to sit back and talk about these wealthy, evil people… you want them to spend money? Make their future certain.

Watch the video. It’s one of the best you’ll see this week, I assure you.

That was good. A sober, clarion call. It wasn’t about him. That combination of detachment in analysis and true concern is what we need in our leadership. Like a surgeon. He both cares, and puts caring aside to do exactly what he has to do in the operating room. Kelly, telling it just like it is. If everyone in the Congress did that, we’d quickly have a responsible budget.

I saw him on a Face The Nation panel with some Democrats not long after the election…with Michelle Bachmann and up against Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Weiner!! Weiner was an abject weasel–I had no idea who he was at the time–and Debbie Dummy was sneering and condescending as usual I was impressed then with Rep. Kelly and remain impressed. I’m so glad people like him took the risk and decided to get involved in trying to stop this train wreck. (BTW Bachmann was no lightweight in that panel, either.)

Because their government has such onerous regulations on them anymore that they don’t know about the rules and the regulations that have been put through or haven’t even been written.

It’s probably the most insidious attack on liberty that these statists are perpetrating. They are making everything so convoluted that it’s impossible to be sure you are in compliance. From the tax code right down to local regulations, no matter how many professionals you hire to help you, it’s usually not possible to know for sure you are safe when you commit the sin of doing something productive/constructive.

Then the Vogons from the Ministry of Compliance can come knocking at any time.

Love his bio. Contrast and compare to career politicians (especially Community Agitator Barack Obama – particularly germane now because of his role dictating deals and management for Government Motors and his cronies in the U.A.W.).

Love his bio. Contrast and compare to career politicians (especially Community Agitator Barack Obama – particularly germane now because of his role dictating deals and management for Government Motors and his cronies in the U.A.W.).

Buy Danish on June 24, 2011 at 12:12 PM

Two big thumbs up for that bio, plus he’s from Pittsburgh – GO STEELERS!

Love his bio. Contrast and compare to career politicians (especially Community Agitator Barack Obama – particularly germane now because of his role dictating deals and management for Government Motors and his cronies in the U.A.W.).

Buy Danish on June 24, 2011 at 12:12 PM

He’s from my hometown. Butler now has another claim to fame besides the Jeep and biggest steel mill left in Pennsylvania.

Boy, what a racist, sexist homophobe – trying to kill old people, starve children and destroy women’s rights to basic medical care. Obviously part of the Republican plan to destroy the economy to make our President look bad for political gain.

Speaking against King Hussein puts his Gubment motors franchise at risk.

No it doesn’t, the US has a minority stake in GM, although I hear you, Bush and Obama made a huge mistake in not letting the auto industry collapse. Huge mistake given the high demand for manufacturing labor in the Midwest.

The progressives may have Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Larry Ellison on their side, but I don’t see anyone like this guy in their ranks… he both inherited an auto dealership AND expanded it! Go choke on that Joe the Plumber, you chump…

I’m writing a thank you note to Congressman Kelly, and putting a check in it. I would recommend that every conservative reading this post do the same.

Perhaps if they realize that they could actually raise money doing so, we might see some more speeches like this.

You know, Mike Kelly is good. He could wipe the floor with Obama. We need a Republican candidate who can talk like this, with fire and passion and utter certainty and knowledge of the matters at hand.

Obama will never, ever be able to win a debate with a person like this. He can’t string two honest thoughts together and speak them aloud. He is ignorant – of history, of the Constitution, of God, and of the decent American people who work every day to create the wealth of this country. He has chosen to squander it by passing it along to his lefty buddies.